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obama's legacy. if you want the legacy he has to learn how to play with others. >> charlie wilson, thank you very much. rescuers and fishing boats have been pulling bodies from the mequon river after a plane crash in the house. officials are ruling out signing any more survivors from the accident, which killed 49 people from 11 different countries. here is our southeast asia correspondent. the mequone banks of river, authorities are running a difficult operation, to retrieve the bodies of the victims and what is left of the aircraft. it struck the bank while approaching the airport and .unged into the river divers struggled against the powerful current. artisan wreckage have been found far from the -- bodies and wreckage have been found far from the wreck site. -- crash site. turning back to approach the airport, says this witness, it then just fell out of the sky. they found suitcases, passports, and other personal effects. but it will take time to recover all of the bodies. was brand-new, delivered
obama's legacy. if you want the legacy he has to learn how to play with others. >> charlie wilson, thank you very much. rescuers and fishing boats have been pulling bodies from the mequon river after a plane crash in the house. officials are ruling out signing any more survivors from the accident, which killed 49 people from 11 different countries. here is our southeast asia correspondent. the mequone banks of river, authorities are running a difficult operation, to retrieve the bodies of...
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as will president obama. i think this will be his diplomatic achievement. >> thank you very much, indeed. some other news. a bomb in the mosque of the northern iraqi city has killed 11 and injured others. police said the blast happened as worshipers were leaving the sunni mosque after prayers marking the holiday eid. a court in russia rejected an application for bail by another of the greenpeace protesters who were arrested in the arctic. the protester from britain was logistic coordinator of the arctic sunrise, the ship seized by russian security forces for weeks ago. the edinburgh zoo no longer believes that female panda is pregnant. her hormones and he later indicated she had conceived but lost later in the pregnancy. it is leasing the panda from china and pay $700,000 a year for them. 70 people died in an earthquake that struck central philippines, causing widespread destruction. the epicenter of the quake, which had a 7.1 magnitude was beneath the island of bohol. some modern low rise buildings collapsed
as will president obama. i think this will be his diplomatic achievement. >> thank you very much, indeed. some other news. a bomb in the mosque of the northern iraqi city has killed 11 and injured others. police said the blast happened as worshipers were leaving the sunni mosque after prayers marking the holiday eid. a court in russia rejected an application for bail by another of the greenpeace protesters who were arrested in the arctic. the protester from britain was logistic...
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president barack obama. he says pakistanis and americans have common interests including the security problems in afghanistan. u.s. forces have been targeting islamist militants with drone strikes near pakistan's border with afghanistan. united nations investigators say at least 400 civilians have been killed since 2004. >>> members of an international human rights group have been doing their own investigation of the attacks. researchers are amnesty international say the killing of civilians may be a violation of international law. amnesty's researchers studied u.s. attacks in northwestern pakistan from january 2012 to august of this year. they say some of the victims have no connection to islamist extremists. they're urging u.s. leaders to release more information and conduct a thorough investigation. white house press secretary jay carney denied that a strike's illegal. >> we take extraordinary care to make sure counterterrorism actions are in accordance with law. >> carney said president obama believes th
president barack obama. he says pakistanis and americans have common interests including the security problems in afghanistan. u.s. forces have been targeting islamist militants with drone strikes near pakistan's border with afghanistan. united nations investigators say at least 400 civilians have been killed since 2004. >>> members of an international human rights group have been doing their own investigation of the attacks. researchers are amnesty international say the killing of...
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far and beyond what ever capacity democratically controlled senate or indeed be approved by president obama. house gop leadership boehner and his deputies released a plan yesterday morning that would reopen the government possibly until mid-december and also raise the debt ceiling along with a few other terms. firstly, those terms were not enough for two party conservatives, so speaker boehner spent most of the day trying to get everyone on board. he was ultimately unable to do that despite further concessions and they had to cancel the vote, in a norma's blow for the speaker. >> what to think are the chances of republicans breaking ranks, if you like, and singh open warfare within the party and people may be moving away -- in seeing open warfare within the party and people may be moving away? >> these groups have an enormous amount of control in the elections. we say in washington the republican lawmakers are often not so concerned about the democratic challenger as there are but a primary challenger from their ranks. there is certainly in you norma's amount of pressure for a public and no
far and beyond what ever capacity democratically controlled senate or indeed be approved by president obama. house gop leadership boehner and his deputies released a plan yesterday morning that would reopen the government possibly until mid-december and also raise the debt ceiling along with a few other terms. firstly, those terms were not enough for two party conservatives, so speaker boehner spent most of the day trying to get everyone on board. he was ultimately unable to do that despite...
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john boehner and barack obama are good people. i have served with both of them, but basically, they are very risk averse. the question, when you look behind you, is anybody following you? that was john boehner's problem. he had a good plan. he was going to give everybody a vote, and it would be a very tidy handing in on the debt ceiling. if he had said he needed something, he would have got something, and it would have been over. look ate always american politics and say it is poisonous lead polarized. you came into congress in 1994 just before the government shutdown then -- >> in a district with 60,000 federal employees. >> republicans did not love bill clinton. describe to me how it actually changed. >> when i came into congress, 1/numeral three of the republican class were from districts bill clinton had carried as republican president -- bill clinton had carried as president. 94% from house republicans are from romney district. 96% of houston the cracks are from obama districts. it was not like this 26 years ago. the old adag
john boehner and barack obama are good people. i have served with both of them, but basically, they are very risk averse. the question, when you look behind you, is anybody following you? that was john boehner's problem. he had a good plan. he was going to give everybody a vote, and it would be a very tidy handing in on the debt ceiling. if he had said he needed something, he would have got something, and it would have been over. look ate always american politics and say it is poisonous lead...
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staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating the taliban and. there is nod disguising the tension. we spoke with a former u.s. special envoy. thank you for having me. it lasted 90 minutes. they issued a long joint statement and i am sure it was a substantive discussion. the fact that the two leaders are talking again is a good thing. obama said that on the drone strike issue, in particular, they said that we should work to make this a strength between the countries and not a source of tension. >> i don't know that is possible but i am sure he took him through the speech in may. i am sure they also talked to the prime minister. the idea for pakistan is to see if we can't do some of these counterterrorism missions together. >> the u.s. has already started to scale back strikes. as that had an impact on public opinion? do people see this as a real infringement of pakistani sovereignty? talk about the operational asp
staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating the taliban and. there is nod disguising the tension. we spoke with a former u.s. special envoy. thank you for having me. it lasted 90 minutes. they issued a long joint statement and i am sure it was a substantive discussion. the fact that the two leaders are talking again is a...
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. >> and in other news, president obama has called the french spoth discuss growing anger over claims the u.s. national security agency secretted recorded millions of french phone calls. the president says it's completely unacceptable and he demand they explain why french citizens were caught up in the surveils net. >> and a raid in the up aed west bank, israeli army and palestinian sources say the man was a member of islamic jihad and behind last year's tel-aviv bus bombing that wounded more than 20 people. the australian -- australia's federal government to overturn gay marriage legislation. >> as greek police try identify a mystery blond girl living with a roman couple it's including a dozen missing child cases from at least four countries. some say they are investigating child disappearances from the u.s., sweden, poland and france. now where maria was found. >> it's here at the police station in the central greek city that the couple suspected of kidnapping little maria are being held until their trial on charges of abduction and holding false papers. they were brought here, led
. >> and in other news, president obama has called the french spoth discuss growing anger over claims the u.s. national security agency secretted recorded millions of french phone calls. the president says it's completely unacceptable and he demand they explain why french citizens were caught up in the surveils net. >> and a raid in the up aed west bank, israeli army and palestinian sources say the man was a member of islamic jihad and behind last year's tel-aviv bus bombing that...
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obama care. there has been protest about the size and scope of government and questions about obamacare. they will continue. now that the shutdown and debt has been put off, watch the focus returned to the indebtedness of the united states, the size and scope of government and all the problems with this huge government program, which is very expensive. not backhope they are here. for more on how the financial markets feel, i am joined by the ceo of pimco. the market rose 200 points today. were they right to be so euphoric? >> they remove the immediate threat of catastrophe and find a way to open up again. the markets like the fact that we get to more normal functioning, but we didn't resolved anything. we have done is kick the can down the road so the question is how long is this going to last? >> it seems to me what we have seen is an illustration of why american competitiveness is being eroded. the fundamental problem in american government has not gone away, has it? interviewg about the we jus
obama care. there has been protest about the size and scope of government and questions about obamacare. they will continue. now that the shutdown and debt has been put off, watch the focus returned to the indebtedness of the united states, the size and scope of government and all the problems with this huge government program, which is very expensive. not backhope they are here. for more on how the financial markets feel, i am joined by the ceo of pimco. the market rose 200 points today. were...
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on notice, as saudi arabia criticizes the obama administration for fang
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we just learned that president obama called president along today to discuss the matter. --what a time to be finished visiting one of your closest allies. he is meeting with arab league representatives but the latest revelations from edward snowden put a shadow on the trip. thereport was written by snowden to lift the lid on the work. between december and january, 70 million phone calls in france. the u.s. ambassador was summoned for an explanation. it was snooping on terrorists and senior business figures along with members of the french government. infringes on life and was totally unacceptable. we need to be assured that it is going to stop. france and the u.s. are working closely with syria and on terrorism. protecting the security of our citizens in today's world is a very complicated and very challenging task. our goal is to try to find the right balance between protecting the security and the privacy of our citizens. >> they are criticized for prioritizing their relationship with the u.s. over the interest of their own citizens. it becomes harder to ignore widespre
we just learned that president obama called president along today to discuss the matter. --what a time to be finished visiting one of your closest allies. he is meeting with arab league representatives but the latest revelations from edward snowden put a shadow on the trip. thereport was written by snowden to lift the lid on the work. between december and january, 70 million phone calls in france. the u.s. ambassador was summoned for an explanation. it was snooping on terrorists and senior...
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. >> these talks follow last month's between president obama and iran's new president. it was the most important conversation between the u.s. and iran in three decades. but don't get carried away, warn those who have tried it all before. >> be mindful of the history of it and a situation where the iranians are under no doubt, the sanctions and the threat remain on the table. in the west is being tested right here and it will take more than two days of talks to sort out that this agreement. they say don't to expect any overnight breakthroughs. newsquick look at other from around the world. border officials have intercepted what they say is a mothership. towing boatsit was closer to italy. it comes as the government declares a state of emergency. an alleged senior al qaeda figures seized by special forces has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in new york. after capture, he was questioned on board a navy ship before being transferred to the united states. fororities have denied bail a member of greenpeace arrested for staging a protest. yet another person on the arc
. >> these talks follow last month's between president obama and iran's new president. it was the most important conversation between the u.s. and iran in three decades. but don't get carried away, warn those who have tried it all before. >> be mindful of the history of it and a situation where the iranians are under no doubt, the sanctions and the threat remain on the table. in the west is being tested right here and it will take more than two days of talks to sort out that this...
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it is bound to be a topic when the pakistani prime minister meets with president obama tomorrow. two of these creatures that have washed ashore. wyatt has people going into overdrive. -- why it has people going into overdrive. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. far provedria has so elusive. today, a fresh attempt was made in london. a group of western and arab nations that call themselves .riends of syria held talks the push is to get groups to agree to negotiations in geneva next month. a split opposition is making things even more difficult. >> a suicide bomb at a government checkpoint in syria. rebel groups linked to al qaeda have been blamed. and how difficult it will be to stop the bloodshed. against the backdrop, international leaders met to talk about peace talks. they agree that only a political settlement can in the war -- and the war. the only way to solve this is through a political transition in syria. signal ton to send a resolve unity. >> the groups are fighting to topple president assad. extremistslamist groups not int
it is bound to be a topic when the pakistani prime minister meets with president obama tomorrow. two of these creatures that have washed ashore. wyatt has people going into overdrive. -- why it has people going into overdrive. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. far provedria has so elusive. today, a fresh attempt was made in london. a group of western and arab nations that call themselves .riends of syria held talks the push is to get groups to...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama today tapped former pentagon official jeh johnson-- a key architect of counter-terrorism policy-- to be the next secretary of homeland security. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, a closer look at a skull-- nearly two million years old-- that could up-end what we know about the evolution of the human species. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks >> the first exploration outside of africa. and that's pretty mind blowing. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze a very full week of news. those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs ne
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama today tapped former pentagon official jeh johnson-- a key architect of counter-terrorism policy-- to be the next secretary of homeland security. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, a closer look at a skull-- nearly two million years old-- that could up-end what we know about the evolution of the human species. >> woodruff: and it's friday. mark shields and david brooks >> the first...